Document Outline

• Notices
  • FCC declaration of conformity
  • Laser compliance statement
  • Macrovision copyright protection notice
  • CE Declaration of conformity
  • Declaration of conformity for EU countries
  • Russian regulatory certification compliance
• Information for your safety and comfort
  • Safety instructions
  • Tips and information for comfortable use
• Contents
• 1 System tour
  • Features summary
  • External and internal structure
    • Front bezel
    • Front panel
    • Rear panel
    • Internal components
  • System boards
    • Mainboard
    • Memory board
  • Control panel
    • Button control panel
    • LCD control panel (optional)
  • System LED indicators
    • Control panel LED indicators
    • Hot-plug HDD carrier LED indicators
    • Hot-swap fan module LED indicators
    • Hot-plug power supply module LED indicators
    • LAN port LED indicators
    • Hot-plug PCI Express slot LED indicators
    • Memory board LED indicators
  • System jumpers
• 2 System setup
  • Setting up the system
    • Pre-installation requirements
  • Connecting peripherals
  • Turning on the system
    • Power-on problems
  • Configuring the system OS
  • Turning off the system
• 3 System upgrade
  • Installation precautions
    • ESD precautions
    • Pre-installation instructions
    • Post-installation instructions
  • Opening the server
    • Removing and installing the front bezel
    • Removing and installing the top cover
  • Removing and installing the processor air baffle
  • Configuring hot-pluggable components
    • Removing and installing a hard disk drive
    • Removing and installing the system fan
    • Removing and installing a power supply
    • Removing and installing a PCI card
  • Configuring cold-pluggable components
    • Removing and installing the DVD drive
    • Installing a 5.25-inch drive
    • Upgrading the processor
    • Removing and installing a memory board assembly
    • Installing and removing DIMM modules
    • Removing and installing a non-hot-plug PCI card
  • Configuring server management components
    • Installing and removing the I/O expansion module
    • Installing and removing the ARMC/3 R2 module
  • Configuring the hardware RAID components
    • Installing and removing the SAS module
    • Installing and removing the RAID activation key and RAID cache
    • Installing and removing the RAID BBU
• 4 System BIOS
  • BIOS overview
  • Entering BIOS setup
    • BIOS setup menus
    • BIOS setup keyboard commands
  • Main menu
  • Advanced menu
    • Processor Configuration
    • Memory Configuration
    • Mass Storage Controller Configuration
    • Serial Port Configuration
    • USB Configuration
    • PCI Configuration
    • LAN Configuration
    • System Acoustic and Performance Configuration
  • Security menu
  • Server Management menu
    • Console Redirection
    • System Information
    • Intel Remote Management Module Information
  • Boot Options menu
  • Boot Manager menu
  • Error Manager menu
  • Exit menu
  • Upgrading the BIOS
• 5 System troubleshooting
  • Troubleshooting
    • Resetting the system
    • Problems following initial system installation
    • First steps checklist
    • Hardware diagnostic testing
    • Verifying proper operation of key system lights
    • Specific problems and corrective actions
• Appendix A: Rack mount configuration
  • Rack installation information
  • Rack mount configuration
    • Vertical mounting hole pattern
  • Installing the system into the rack
• Appendix B: Memory configuration
  • Introduction
    • Memory board installation order
    • FBDIMM module population order
  • Memory configuration
    • Dual-channel mode
    • Single-channel mode
    • Memory sparing mode
    • Memory mirroring mode
• Appendix C: SAS and SAS RAID configuration utilities
  • Overview
  • SAS configuration utility
  • SAS RAID configuration utility
• Index